4 \ .NM'AL REPORT of the Middle Con (
I Y I n M Poor District, December 81,1897.
RECEIPTS.
Ualiiui < from last report $16,381 ut
• ii . - i. r'n-n-r. K Mam-li Chunk. 1893. 36 1:
uuinM W. Kutfimi. Wuutherly, 1694. 600 l> !
i I:. Foster, K Munch Chunk, 1894. 106 Li 1
ll:-ill M::lln\, Free hi ml, 1894 80 4 I
.l.'-t j li lift uili y, Summit Hill, 1895.. 12 9. I
i . i). ( <:i., i . M;nu ll Chunk, " 1519 |
i'liu-. 1! l'ost. r. E Munch Chunk. " 71 it-. '
>:tinui'i w. litiffurd, Weatherly, " 455 3. I
illl.:ii .M:i!inv, Freeland, M 50 5".
All Mi.st II nslii'. West I hi/.leton, 1890.. 335 2. !
Ml. ..Ml I leister, Lunsroni, " 314 5; j
. u. i n Cherts, Lnmunue twp., " 40 u
W. S . Fieliter. Bunks twp., " 123 4. |
i is J. Crevoling, Huzleton, " 322 i
.li - , G"i inle\ . Summit Hill, " 1713?
i . ey, Lebigh twp., " 143 8
iD. Culver. Muticli Chunk, " 021 U. j
I'nti n k Hu/ile twp., " 742 It
chit .i . C": y. E Muuch cfn.uk, " 025 o'.
II uith Mulloy, Kreulund, " 470 5*
\\ . 11. lteiutix'ld, Jcddo, " 22 It. I
Clui■•nee .).( ii \:litijf, H UZlctOU, 1897.. 10,100 11
H nej. I.i high twp., " 80 U
c. I). Culver. Munch Chunk, " 3,240 U
i'm. F. Foster, E .Muuch Cuunk, " 1,521 0?
w. ii iMmbold, Jcddo, " 213 8-
Thou. Uujpui, Lunsford, " 8,714 It
.1. Ivoiii iaos, .MuuchChunk twp.," 3.788 Ot
M'illiuin >iuyrl, suiutuit Hill, " 3,305 57
11u I'• to . . 1., us.innu twp., " 30 47
. . i.. Hbcrreuiler, Foster twp., " 2,750 U
I'm .i Smith, llu/.lc twp., " 0,377 It
A. A. Iluclunun, Frechiud, " 1,400 4'.
I'u i rich McKcnnu, West littzletoii," 802 6
. w. Williams, Beaver Meadow. " 200 Ot.:
I rnnk l\ Hooter. Weatherly, " 1,342 21 !
< i.nr.. •• Utmillcr. Ilazieton, 1804 10 10
John !I..elicit. Banks twp., 1807 1,577 0t
Maint. runcool Gustav llensel 210 U j
Mrs. Esther Smith— 180 ob,
Thomas'J.Thomas... 147 IX j
Adam Slow it skey.... 50 Ot
Amanda Both 00 2',
Amiiuda llinkle 132 Ut-
Sophia l.ursou 132 00 I
George Eutnes 120 0b
Andrew Behrig 40 0u :
Beut>eu Kemmerer.. 21 ot '
in. i ii bill of James J. Boyle 10 65
W. ii. Stroll est loot
1 : i ;u Alderman Heidenreich... 2 17
Mot > .. t mud oil John Buubc 2 01
Money collected from Tyrolean 22 01
$03,544 5t
DISBURSEMENTS.
\n lijf e\pcn>oß $ 30 00
on\e\iiig paupers 282 87
" : • j inu insane 126 0b
< lotliiti_. b.M.ts and shoos 783 51
ids id notions raw 41
I l< lion expenses 405 tic ,
I mm expenses 033 74;
I ... n implements 170 Ot i
I I light 1,190 10
• .!•.. m ion . \pensos and assessment. 108 44 1
'■ and provisions 4,820 5b j
H IUSO i ixtures 117 ot I
Mouse evpeuses :4 00 j
V. iuiteuaiice of children tO2 75 '
II ■ pit til expenses 283 44
111-n ru lie* 863 85 |
inten stand discount 130 ot*
I in movements 999 05 1
I nl lees and expenses 82 0b
•M< d me-.. 381 2t |
M.o.it' aiiei .it insane, Danville 4f734 6b
Wernersville. 859 ou !
Otllce exiicnscs 267 32,
1 biicct 441 ft) 1
I'.o I other poor districts 263 4s
iup . or r.-liel ami huriuls 23,962 92
Printing 493 65
lb t" '< Buildings 436 24
I'i i "i steward's salary and paid
• n I- 488 M
ded ta # 2m,
and expenses 1.100 00
1 e ■ i medi. ul attendance 286 10
A in nuid Geo. T. Wells, Steward
> < xphtnation below 3,000 0U
Lund purchase 500 ou
$51,093 77
Buluuei in llu/Jetoii National Bank.. 12,450 73
$03,544 50
ol :ST A N DING ON TAX DUPLICATE.
HI ii. \oin rations ami commissions.
! .nax J. Moore, 1891 $ 47 64
I HI- Iteehloft. " 243 99
p.itiiek Gr.ens, 183 9 88
I i.nr.id BP Inn. " 290 49
aie i • W. Mallard, 1894 650 9H
Henry J. Frits, " 46 98
a "I < Hi: ml \ , 1895 133 97
Da-, i B 208 JA
ri HufTurd, lsuo ;is3 09
' C.PV . i\ " 267 30
w. \ i r. " 64 87
'I "i is Brown, " 142 09
'■i.ari. • C.. i'"<l. r, - 64 55
.Joseph Gortnley. " 25 49
i >a\ e.l It '• 42 22
I rank I' Moover, 1897 830 79
J. 'A. m iiliums, " 2ll 28
J" " '' ekoti. " 521 74
" 43 84
James J Ileonoy, " 180 62
' "in; Uogan. •' 101 89
Viiham >mvrl. " 80 74
i ha; I -E. Foster, " 5U9 lo
' Ci i. v ling, " -AM) 0b
■ in • lioneuiiis, " 856 13
■ II k Smilh, " 1,500 22
I i ivk MeKenna, " 394 34
W iI. Beimbold, '• .. 47 01
•V i: i Mle. iviider, " 1,075 2s
\ Bad.man, " 1,154 52
c. I'd Il\er, " 1,045 45
(Auproximutcd] $11,690 81
i aerations ana commissions.. 5,00n 0b
II • !:llee due district $ 8,696 81
i i • uui '.ved have made payment since
rei'i.rt was made out.
.8 A LA RI ES AN D EXPENSES.
I-. II l.ithnrn, physician —$ 200 00
J. C. Tv. -udle, " .... .'JOD (I)
t . Fi J Kline, secretary 31X1 00
Jane Met ready, director... 91)00
uinuei Murlemuii, " ... 200 00
John .-Liiwui-t/., " ... 200 00
JCe\ .i. I'. Illl.XtoM 60 00
Rev. I'. J. J)ever . 50 00
$ 1,400 00
OCT DOUR RELIEF AND BURIALS.
0 i: i "a .Ma t Luzerne d 15t.517,557 51
Burials " " . G4 70
i •■!..■! Middle " . 1,97167
- burials " " . 12 25
r lief Lower " . 3,916 00
burials " " . 60 70
COST OF INMATES,
tmeiit items not churguble to main
-1 a in. have been deducted.
IVC T, Weils, steward.. .$ 3.900 00
O 441 20
M fd a*.lit'B :j126
Hospital expenses 2Si 44
llolc ■ \ ,icllse- 7184 (XI
U. , . - and provisions 4.820 53
i a. i . ud light 1,199 19
Cat in exp'-usns 933 74
! :m -Is and notions 566 41
t a iig, boots and shoes 7KJ 54
\ v., si- number of inmates including ste
v.'ai t' o.'partineiit., Ist; cost per month, $6.24;
■ -i pei week. 81.56; cost per day, 22c.
GEORGE T. WELLS, Steward.
IDA M. WELLS, Matron.
ADMITTED DURING THE YEAR.
Mai. mini's 106
I- : 11ilb I i lis 43
Mai. children 3
E. m-ile children 3
155
DC- : 1 VRGED AND REMOVED.
M dults 94
I - aiuli- adults 31
>' .• duldPii... 6
I aiiah children 1
132
DIED DE'RING THE YEAR.
Mule adults 11
C. male ml II Its 4
15
1N MAT ES iIE M AININ G.
Male adults 127
Cem.il dulls 61
M •• children • 1
Female children 1
191
LASS IFICATION.
y n hospital 87
hospital •••• 4'
:.. ai almshouse 40
1-. ~.i 11! almshouse 12
1 i above males and 29 females are
i > • :. •number inmutes 183
DIED DC RING THE YEAR.
I. ..(in I gall. Feb. I. age 26.
' a iltriHhis. Feb. 4, killed on railroad.
( i.tri - ii. y, Feb. , ages 4.
Unknown man, killed on railroad Feb. 17.
Cti-phe.i i'- hir. Mar. 13, age 28.
< I.lra 1 ■< rkliardt, April 28, age 37.
T. Duiuinick, May 13, age 25.
Mr-. Amino e .-vveeney, June 9, ago6o.
V i J .'.ii 1 ••• nh.Tty, June 29, uge 45.
Jilt' 11l .. .78, Uge 26.
I'M ii led on railroad July 2V
I; . miller, 1. age2s.
a.; viiilhi run. Sept. 26. age 61.
ii.oiua-. IJo> le, Nov. 13, uge fcO.
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The Atlanta Constitution tells of a i
curious verdict recently rendered by a
Georgia jury in a case where the guilt oi
the prisoner was clearly established. 1; ,
was not thought the jury would be ten
minutes in recoui in ending him for the j
penitentiary, hut three hours elapsed I
before the twelve men lllod into court
again, when a verdict of "Not guilty" was
read, to tlie astonishment of all. "Ilow
could you bring in such a verdict after■ |
the evidence?" asked the judge. "Well,
judge," replied the foreman "lie's a man
of large family, and lost one leg and two
sons in the war."
Under the head of "offensive journal
ism'' tlie Philadelphia llccord atteinpt>
to cast bad reflections on the news
papers which are printing true and full
accounts and just criticisms of the trial
of Sheriff Martin and his deputies. Ii
would be better for the Record if its
motives were as honest as those of the
newspapers about which it speaks. No
more unreliable newspapers are publish
ed today than tlio Record and Item of the
City of Brotherly Love.— Tamaqua Re
corder.
lie is a good man who grieves rather j
for him that injures him that for his !
own suffering; who prays for him that j
wrongs him, forgiving all his faults:
who sooner shows mercy than anger:
who offers violence to his appetite, in all
things endeavoring to subdue the flesh
to tin; spirit. This is an excellent al -
breviative of the whole duty of a Chris -
tian.— Jeremy Taylor.
Educate Your Bowles Willi Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
10c. If C. C. C. tail, druggists refund money.
CASTOniA.
Tli# he- /}
3..
Ernest Roth, Nov. 19, age 45.
Mike Miuly, Dec. 11,uge 45.
John Ryan, Dec. 21,vige 45.
CHILDREN BORN IN 1897.
Born to Cathrine Richards, boy, Jan. 29.
Born to Licldie Fletcher, girl. June 24.
GEORGE T. WELLS, in account with Miildl. ,
Coal Field Poor District.
Clt.
To fnrm expense $ 1,197 39
" hospital expense 2:3 60
" house expense 462 75
" freight and express 682 51
" groceries aud provisions. 35 26
" conveying 7 lo
" fireman 340 50
" nurse 360 00
" general repairs ol '.HI
" election ex., teuming, etc 18 00
" office expense 0 (X)
" warden 229 32
u steward's traveling ex... 2175
" salary, stewurd, matron. 1,075 00
$ 1,730 92
DR.
Cash ree'd from directors $ 3,900 00
Anutomioal bourd o 00
Coal sold 10 00
Lard sold 23 96
Produce 24 48
Board from different parties. 26 20
Grain sold • 19 99
Potatoes and eubbuge II 20
Live stock and hides 76 43
Merchandise 6 45
Old mowing inaehine In IKI
Making elder, 1896 '.i il{
Rags sold 1 (Xi
Cash ree'd, different parties.. i. 32
Ualsnee due stewurd for 1897. 599 so
$ 4,7. 0 .)■!
PRODUCE ON FARM.
1250 bushels'of corn in the ear. 1550 bushels
of oats, loso bushels <f rye, uos bushels ol
buckwheat, 100 tons of hay, oXi bushels < I
mungol wortzul, 1220 bushels of potatoes, 120
bushels of beets, 130 bushels of turnips, 15
bushels of carrots, 40 bushels of onions, I bar
rels of apples, luxi heads of cabbage, 6 barrels
of saner kraut, 3476 pounds of beef, 719 pounds
of veal, 8100 pounds of pork. 1225 pounds t
lard, 25(X) pounds of hard soap, 8 barrels'of soft
soup, 3121) pounds of butter.
MACHINERY ON FARM.
4 2-horse wagons, 12-seuted carriage, 11-seat
earrlage. 1 spring wagon, 1 2-horse buss. 3 2-
horse sleighs, 1 2-sented sleigh, 4 plows. 2 bur
rows, 2 mowing machines, 1 reaper. 1 binder. 1
fodder cutter, i fan mill, 1 roller, 1 seed drill, 1
cider mill, 1 manure spreader.
LIVE STOCK.
23 cows. 8 heifers, 3 steers, i bull, 6 calves, 8
horses, 2 mules, 21 shouts, 1 boar, 1 sows, 100
chickens, 4 ducks, 8 turkeys.
ARTICLES MADE IN HOUSE.
240 bed sheets, 300 pillow eases. 30 bolster
cases, 86 bed ticks, lixi pillow ticks, II bolster
ticks, 24 women's night gowns. IN; women's
chemise, 15 children's chemise, 12 infuuts'
chemise, 07 women's petticoats, 18 children'*;
petticoats. 76 women's dresses, 20 children's
dresses, 16 infant's dresses, 10) women's aprons,
is children's aprons. 16 women's underwaisls.
4* towels, 10 shrouds, 24 window curtains, s
table clotlis, 48 table cloths.
Samuel Marleman. )
John Schwartz, • Director .
James McCreudy, J
Attest: C. Fred Kline, Seerctury.
We, the undersigned Auditors of the Middle
Coal Field Poor District do certify tffut v. e
have examined the foregoing ucc'oiiiiis, M ..
ocipts and vouchers for the expenditure*, of
the directors and steward and And them cor
rect us above stated.
M. (). Morgan, )
J. E. Roseustock, Auditors.
L. G. Lubrecht, 1
January 25, 1898.
Approximate value of real estato and per
sonal property as taken and computed by the
directors and auditors:
350 acres of land f - S3O SIO,"HX) Ou
431 acres of land (< $5 2.155 IX)
Storehouse I.."HMXI
Almshouse 12, iNN) on
Hospital and fixtures 35,000 IXI
Burn 3,500 IXI
Boiler house and laundry U.vture.-* 'MI on
House furniture In all buildings :\'HXI no
Chop mill ;HX) IXI I
Water works, itrU'Sian well, pipe lines 1.-'xO •
Gas machine and fixtures 250 (X)
Ice house 2(4) IXI
Farm implements 2j mix.
Livestock I.NXICXI
Farm produce 3.VK) 00
Cash in bank 12.450 75
U ncolieeted ta res •' 0,690 sj
Total $90,052 54
TIGHTENING THE ROPES.
Damaging Evidence KoUing I p Against
Hie Latiluier Deputies.
The Prosecution Committee, orgauizod
to secure the conviction of Sheriff Mar
tin and liis deputies, were given a story
ion Monday of the alleged treatment of
some of the commonwealth's witnessess
by the coal companies in this end of the
county. It lias been reported to the
committee that when Joseph Mokki. who
testified last Thursday and showed where
he was shot in the arm, on Saturday
went back to the Harwo'od mine to re
sume work, Outside Foreman John
Beach stopped him and said: "You testi
fied against us, didn't you? And you
lied, too, when you were on the stand.
You are no good, you . You'll get
no more work here."
This mine is owned by Pardee & Co.,
and is the one from which tlie men start
ed on their march to Lattiuier. A large
number of the witnesses are employed
there.
•lohti S iforonick, who was shot thiough
i the shoulder and was in the hospital for
three months, started work a few days
ago. hut found his shoiildor so weak he
could not do what he had formerly done,
lie asked Foreman Robert Fagin, lie
j-avs. for lighter work, and Fagin is al
j leged to have said: "You go to some
: other place if you want work. You
will never do any more for Pardee fc Co.
There will bo lots of jobs and lots of
! empty company houses around here
after the trial."
The commonwealth will put both these
men on the stand and endeavor to get
tiiis evidence before the jury, iu order
to show the means the defense Is indi
rectly em ploying to intimidate witnesses.
The testimony presented on Monday
was a continuation of the details of the
shooting, being practically a repetition
of the stories that were already given
from tlio witness stand. Joe Purti. who
got a bullet in the nrm. and as ho was
running away, stopped another that
lodged in his leg. declared that none of
the strikers were armed. He said
further: "I saw six or seven of the
deputies leave the. line and shoot as
they walked away. Of tfle deputies I
can only remember seeing John Cook
j and Pardee there."
Andrew Stillt carried the flag in the
| march of the strikers. He testified:
"We were stopped at West Ilazieton by
the sheriff who had a revolver iu his
band. A similar scene occcured at Latti
uier. where the sheriff seized one of our
men and we pulled the man away from
iti in. I saw the sliorifl' pull the trigger
of his revolver three or four times. I
i lay on the ground when the shooting
i began."
Marcy Guneavage testified that he
was marching with the strikers at West
ilazieton when the sheriff seized him.
He begged to be let go, whereupon the
sheriff said: "You seem a good fellow;
j you had better away from this, as
there is going to bo big trouble hero to
' day." Continuing, the witness said that
I at Lattimer lie heard the sheriff give
; the order to "fire," and a shot followed.
I Michael Malody, the next witness,
I said the shooting began as the strikers
| pushed by the sheriff,
j Andrew Civar, No. 1, as he is called,
; to distinguish him from his nephew, told
j how after the volley fired by the deputies
I at Lattimer, a large number of thera ran
i after the strikers and kept firing as they
! ran. lie could not mention the names
of any.
Thomas Rac/.ick. testifying as tp the
I meeting at Ilarwood the night before the
shooting, said: A "delegate, Joseph
('a I tick, came over from Lattimer and
asked us to march over there the next
invite the men employed there
to join the strike." The giving of this
delegate's name is new evidence.
On Tuesday Casper YYinjhiski gave
very damaging evidence against Sheriff
Martin and sixteen of the deputies,
saying that the sheriff fired the first
shot and killed a man, and that lie saw
the deputies, whom lie pointed out,
shooting down the men who were run
ning away. He described this graphic
ally by aiming a gun as he said the
deputies had done, not at one man and
in one direction, but at many men in
various parts of the field. He was
extremely positive regarding the fact
that the sheriff fired the first shot.
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, arrived
in Wilkesbarre on Tuesday afternoon to
report the trial for a New York paper.
He was deeply incensed at the discharge
of witnesses by C. Pardee & Co., and
said it was outrageous.
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, )
LUCAS COUNTY, FB#
FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that bo
is the senior partner of the firm of F. J.
('IIKNRY & Co., doing business in the
City of Toledo, County and Htate afore
s id, and that said firm will pay the sum
of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case of CATARRH that
cannot be cured by the use of HALL'S
CATARRH CURE. FRANK J. CLIENKY.
Sworn to before ME and subscribed in
my presence, this GtL day of December,
A'. D. ISBO.
j mtu i 5 A - GLEASON,
( f r Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acta directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Send
for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY A CO., Toledo, O.
WSold by Druggists, 75c.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
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For Infants and Children.
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iSL H.
COL. SAMUEL T. GUSHING.;
The New Commissary General of
Subsist© ice, U. S. A.
lie EaAl>ll*lie<l the Ft rut Line of Tele
graph Ever I'ueil lu Aetna! War
and Expend] to the Ene
my's Fire.
001. Samuel T. Gushing', the new com
missary-general of subsistence of the
army, was appointed to the military
academy in 1555 from Rhode Island,
and, being graduated im 1860, went
immediately into the field during tW?
Navajo war in New Mexico. lie was
the first regular officer detailed forduty
with the signal corps of the army at the
outbreak of the rebellion and by trans
fer from the Second infantry was placed
in charge of the camp of signal instruc- !
tion at Red Hill, District of Columbia,
where he taught the volunteer officers
detailed from the Army of the Potomac,
sending proficient men rapidly to the
commands of Grant, llallock. Buell.
Thomas, Butler, Sherman. Banks, Pope
and the others, where they acted as in
structors, thus fully equipping the en
tire army with a capable signal organi
zation.
Capt. Cushlng, iin March, 18G2. while
Maj. Myer was with MeClellun in the
field, assumed the office of signal officer j
in Washington and directed the opera
tions of the corps throughout the United
States. Later he was chief signal officer
successively to Gens. McClellan, Burn- j
side and Hooker, and at the battle of j
Fredericksburg. Va., established the i
first lime of magnetic telegraph ever
used in aotual war and exposed to the |
enemy's fire.
After Chancellorsville he was or- 1
dered to West Point to initiate a course
of signal insi. ictiou there, and about j
this time he \.as recommended for ap- I
pointment, at the age of 24, as lieuten
ant-colonel of the signal corps, which
had just been authorized by congress.
He declined the appointment as major
COL. SAMUEL T. CUSHINO.
(The New Commissary General of Subsist
ence, U. S. A.)
in. the signal corps to accept that of
onptain in the subsistence department, i
February 9, 18G3, the former being lim
ited to the term of war and the latter in (
the permanent establishment. Early in j
18G4 he joined Gen. Thomas in Tennes
see, and from that time he occupied the
isost important subsistence posts in
Kentucky and Mississippi.
After the war, says the New-
York Tribune, Col. Cashing was sta- |
tioned in turn at Omaha, Neb., organ- !
izing the department there; nt Austin j
and San Antonio, Tex., as chief com- !
missary; at Santa Fe. N. M.; Louisville,
Ky.; Atlanta, Ga.; San Francisco and
Vancouver Barracks, Washington, j
After serving in the field against the
Bannocks he was stationed at Pitts- j
burgh in 1884 to relieve the Ohio river
flood sufferers, and then he was sent to
Texas, where he received his promotion !
to major after service of twenty-six and I
a half years as captain, the last four of !
which he was senior captain of the !
army. Since 1889 he served four years j
at Fort Leavenworth, then im Kansas !
City for a month to establish a depot
there, and after a .rear at Omaha he was
brought to Washington in May. 1894,
where he has since been the principal
assistant to the commissary-general, j
He became lieutenant-colonel in No- i
vember, 1895, and January 20 last year
reached the grade of colonel.
Among Col. Cushing's fellow cadets
at West Point were Fitzhugh Lee, now |
consul general at Havana; Congress
man Joseph Wheeler, of Alabama; Gen. I
Flagler, chief of ordnance, and Gen. !
Wilson, chief of engineers.
The HI a; hi Time for Work.
This story is told of an eccentric
preacher. One day. on visiting the '
church, lie found a wihitewasher at I
wqjk in the churdb cellar, and, to his
horror, the man was whistling a very
lively air as he worked. The preacher '
reproved him sharply, reminding him I
that such music was out of pla-e in such i
an edifice, even if it was in the cellar. '
"Beg your pardon!" said the white- j
washer. "I forgot where I was." And
then, to show he was sorry, he started
to whistling "Old Hundred." His band,
of course, kept time to the mimic, and j
"Old Hundred" made the whitewash
brush go wonderfully slow. The :
preacher watched him for a few nun- '
utes; then he cried: "Oh. go back to
your dance tune, or the job will .never
be done!"— Golden Days.
Great Advert Initio Scheme.
A clever advertising scheme is suc
cessfully practiced by a Quebec shoe ;
dealer. With every pair of shoes sold
lie gives a pair of overshoes, on each |
sole of which is a stamp of his business, !
with the letters reversed as in type. 1
At each step the wearer takes in the
snow the dealer's advertisement is
visible. It can, therefore, be seen ull '
over town.
Itrlck for Powder Mill*.
Bricks made of plaster of paris and
cork are now used in the construction
of powder mills, in case of explosion
they offer slight resistance and are
broken to atoms.
UMPIRE IS A RUSSIAN.
M. Maerteu* to lie Head of the Vene
zuelan Boundary Court.
| The international court of arbitra
; tion which is to pass on the British-
Venezuelan boundary has been cum
j pleted by the selection of M. Maertens,
a distinguished Rifssian jurist, as utn
! pire, and arrangements are being made
! for the ussembliing of the court at Paris
during the late summer or fall of next
year. In the meantime the briefs of
Great Britain and of Venezuela are be
ing prepared, but none of the papers
has yet been submitted. M. Maertens
; will act not only as umpire but also as
president of the court.
The announcement that a European
umpire had been chosen was made some
M. MAERTENS.
j (Umpire of ihe British-Venezuelan Bound
ary Commission.)
time ago, but the name had been with-
I held until the sanction of the czar could
I be secured for M. Maerteus* services as
| arbitrator. Great Britain and Venezue
i la each submitted a list of distinguished
jurists who would be acceptable to it as
umpire. These embraced the most
1 noted men of Europe, but it is a tribute
to M. Maertens that his was the omly
one on the lists of both countries.
M. Maertens' reputation as an au
thority on international law is world
wide and has led to his frequent selec
tion as arbitrator and umpire in in
ternational differences. He is an official
of the Russian foreign office, professor
of international law at the University
of St. Petersburg, and author of "Maer
tens' Treatise," the standard book of
reference on all the treaties of the
world. Little doubt is felt as to his ac
ceptance.
Prof. Maertens was one of the dele
gates named by the Russian govenn
' ment to represent it at the conference
| held in Washington to consider the con
i tlTtions of seal life in the North Pacific.
I His selection as the fifth arbitrator and
j head of the commission made it impos
| sible for him to participate in the Wash-
J imgton conference, so that the Russian
! interests in the meeting in all probabil
ity remained in the care of Mr. Botkin
and the two delegates who sat with him.
UNCOMFORTABLE RING.
Yonder Mechanic's I'nlnful Experience
with a Bicycle Xul.
Young Edward Bunk, of Brooklyn,
i doesn't hold the romantic and lender
j views ou the subject of rings that
are proper at his age and sex, and that
he probably held until a day or two
ago. That is because he has worn
one.
| Edward is a machinist by trade, and
I he was polishing a big bicycle nut of
I highly tempered steel, when suddenly
i it iiew from its moorings, slipped over
STRANGE ACCIDENT.
(How a Bicycle Nut SlippTd Over Edward
Bunk's Index Finger.)
his index finger, and, still revolving,
rolled up the linger, cutting a thread as
it went, until it was stopped by the
! knuckle.
The finger began to swell. It was
impossible to screw off the nut, ex
cept by a process similar to the one by
which it was put on. The surgeons
j greased the finger with antiseptic vns
! eliue and unscrewed the nut, follow
j ing the thread that it had cut on the
I linger.
Children** Aiiuwer*.
I Children's answers are always a
I fruitful source of amusement. A girl
15 or 16 years old, who had received
what was supposed to be a good educa
tion. was describing to me her recent
! visit to the To-wer of London. Among
J the many wonders she had seen was a
j sword given to Henry VIII. by Max
i Muller, an amusing though not alto
gether unnatural substitute for the
Emperor Maximilian. If children are
allowed to think for themselves tlie : r
! answers are amusingly original. "What
; do you tlftnk makes the sea salt?" was a
question put to a national school class.
A brilliant idea struck tihe boy. "Please,
sir, the 'errings." It makes one thirsty
to even think of the soilness of the
bloaters with which that boy was ac
quainted.— Cornhill Magazine.
Official* n.s Kidnaper*.
The authorities in the government of
Samara, Russia, have recently been ac
! tively engaged im the crimlnnt pursuit
of kidnaping children. In the Bu-
Hilykski district all parents known to
belong to heterodox sects have had
i their children taken from them. The
police usually make their visits in the
middle of ilie night, take the children
I out of bed. and carry I limn off in the
, cold might air in spite of the entreaties
of the parents. Many peasants have
lost their whole family in this way.
This practice of kidnaping children is
increasing in all parts of Russia,
ffcii SEE
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